Navneet Bedi

• Led QA efforts for critical banking software projects, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and customer expectations.
• Managed a team of 20+ QA professionals, fostering collaboration and driving efficient testing strategies.
• Successfully implemented UFT automation across multiple applications, reducing testing cycle times by 40%.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define comprehensive test strategies and ensure seamless project delivery.
• Conducted risk assessments for system changes, enabling proactive mitigation of potential issues.
• Automation sizing, Test script development, Maintenance and execution
• Engaged different stakeholders to plan and schedule different types of testing: SIT, UAT, parallel, performance, etc as required
• Feasibility study on automation requirements
• Framework maintenance and upgrades

• Primarily involved in Managing Scrum teams, Streamlining development processes, Agile Coaching, Project management, Estimations & Planning

• To ensure effective development process are formulated and followed across design and development phases
• Responsible for timely delivery and quality of the software developed
• Facilitating scrum ceremonies such as grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc
• Facilitating the team meetings (daily stand-up, backlog grooming, sprint and release planning) to allow for predictable performance from the team
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Guiding team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices
• Managing issues and sprints in Jira
• Collaborating with cross functional teams (design, copy, UX, BA, QA, build) for project initiation
• Engaging Horizontal teams for phases such as SIT, UAT and performance testing
• Liaising Release Team for making the project Go-Live

Achievements

• Enacted change and continuous improvement, thereby increasing the productivity of Scrum teams by 20%
• Prepared sprint plan, resource plan and effort &cost estimates for new projects
• Liaised with Product Owner for managing product backlog and prioritizing resolution of defects/bugs as evidenced by the on-time delivery and quarterly go-live to production
• Ensured timely resolutions on priority issues
• Tools JIRA, Confluence

Responsibilities

• Primarily involved in proposing and implementing the automation solutions, exploring new tools/technology in automation & Performance testing area, team and stakeholder management
• Additionally, worked as innovation lead and Process Improvement mentor across DB North India projects
• Resolving complex issues faced by automation team
• Proof of Concepts for various automation activities to improve the existing testing processes
• Proposal designing for all the successful PoCs and innovative plans
• Brainstorming sessions within the group for continuous improvement
• Supporting Automation team in exploring new tools available in the market
• Led a team of 26 associates
• Daily and Weekly Reporting and Client interaction
• Problem resolving support to the team

Achievements

• Designed 15+ new automation solutions for UI, database and web services for all CRAFT teams
• Seamlessly got the existing resources trained on new tool and framework shared by the client and merged with the upcoming CI process
• Received client appreciations for work done
• Received appreciations for making PI drive a huge success in the account
• The implemented automation solutions were presented as four case studies to showcase TCS capabilities for CIB testing RFP
• Did client presentations on the implemented solutions on every client visit and bagged several appreciations for the account
• Supported (Provided Tool Selection support, PoC slides etc) CoE team in preparing the Flex automation proposal for one of the DB projects
• Conducted account level trainings to groom people on automation testing tools and techniques

• Managed end-to-end testing efforts for complex software projects, ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
• Created and executed detailed test plans, test cases, and scripts, identifying and resolving critical defects.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to define testing scope, objectives, and success criteria.
• Managed QE documentation (TLA, Test Plan, Test cases, results and exit reports)
• Led a team of 10 testers and coordinated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery.
• Introduced continuous integration processes, improving software quality and reducing regression defects.

• Automation Developer for IVVT Common Capabilities.
• Feasibility study on automation requirements.
• Involved in Framework development
• Conducting Demo Sessions for the Clients.
• Writing & Reviewing test scripts in TCL for Data Center
• Writing new test cases for testing DC/DCN
• Responsible for Automating Test Cases based on the requirement
• Writing Test scripts (Test case Automation) for DC/DCN and Voice.

Languages - VB, VB script, TCL (Expect and TCL Dom) , Tools - QTP 9.2 (Quick test progression), HP Quality Centre, Abacus, IXIA

• GCB is the Project dealing with the functionality of Group Cabins
• Designed, developed, and implemented software applications for the GCB application based on analyzed requirements and understanding of industry technical standards.
• Solution Environment OS-1100, ECL, COBOL, TIP, DMS, Mapper, DPS
• Tools MS-VSS (for source code control), SUPUR, UDSMON

• Spectranet is a “class-A” ISP providing Internet services in different cities in India based on broadband technologies like DSL, Ethernet, and Cable services.
• Assisted with implementation and support of network monitoring tools.
• Provided network support services for devices such as hubs, bridges, routers, and other hardware.